The staff of State-run TV “Tele Liban” underwent PCR examination this Wednesday, at the initiative of Minister of Information Manal Abdel Samad, in coordination with the ministries of Public Health and Social Affairs. NNA

Eight new Covid-19 cases have been recorded within the last 24 hours in Lebanon, three of which detected among those who had freshly returned to the country, as indicated by the Ministry of Public Health in its daily report Wednesday.   To date, the nation’s coronavirus cases’ tally stands at ...

Prime Minister Hassan Diab’s wife, Nawar Mawlawi Diab, on Wednesday visited “Radio Lebanon”, where she was welcomed by Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad Najd, Radio Lebanon, Director, Mohammad Gharib, and other radio Lebanon staff. Upon her arrival, Mrs. Diab toured the radio station’s studios, namely “Feyrouz” and “Halim Al-Roumi” ...

Minister of Information, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, on Wednesday welcomed at her ministerial office Prime Minister Hassan Diab’s wife, Dr. Nawar Al-Mawlawi Diab, in presence of the Ministry’s Director-General, Dr. Hassan Falha, Studies Director, khodor majed, National News Agency Director, Ziad Harfouche, and other senior ministry staff. The meeting broached ...

The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that some treatments appear to be limiting the severity or length of the COVID-19 disease and that it was focusing on learning more about four or five of the most promising ones. The Geneva-based WHO is leading a global initiative to develop safe ...

At least eight candidates for a coronavirus vaccine are in the clinical development stage, and some could be ready as early as the “late fall”, Anthony Fauci, the US’ top infectious disease expert, has told senators. “The [National Institutes of Health] has been collaborating with a number of pharmaceutical companies at ...

In its daily report on the latest developments of the novel Coronavirus, the Rafic Hariri University Hospital announced on Tuesday that out of 271 laboratory tests conducted today, one new Covid-19 case has been recorded, while the remaining tests came out negative. It added that the total number of laboratory-confirmed ...

The Ministry of Public Health announced this Tuesday 11 new coronavirus infections,  10 of them locally detected and one among returnees, thus taking the toll to 870 cases.  

The Cabinet has decided to fully shut down the country for four days, starting Wednesday, May 13 evening until the morning of Monday, May 18, our correspondent reported on Tuesday.

Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) will add labels and warning messages on some tweets with disputed or misleading information about COVID-19, the company said on Monday, as part of a new approach to misinformation that will eventually extend to other topics. Twitter’s new labels will provide links to more information in cases ...